Cortisol is considered a "stress hormone." One of its direct actions that help an individual survive a physiological stress (e.g., surgery) is to:

A. increase hepatic gluconeogenesis
B. increase skeletal muscle protein synthesis
C. increase hepatic lipogenesis
D. decrease adipose tissue lipolysis
E. increase hepatic glycolysis


ANS: A

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